Forensic sketches by NYPD officer Matthew Klein
- I think I’ve said this before, but it will never cease to amaze me how much reporting on the art world is indistinguishable from a Saturday Night Live Stefon sketch. On Art Basel Hong Kong parties: “…artists Wu Tsang and Boychild got inked at the henna station and wrapped up at the turban giveaway. On the invite, guests were told to wear ‘jodhpur blue or pink.’” [W Magazine]
- Looking for the hottest party where art-world a-listers go to evade taxes and rent back their own collections? Then check out an “irrevocable trust.” To get in, just try to understand how any of these loopholes work. [The Wall Street Journal]
- The number of full-time forensic artists is dwindling. This is a pretty interesting peek at how those police sketches get made. [NBC 10 Philadelphia]
- A new exhibit at the German Historical Museum in Berlin features Holocaust-era artwork made by survivors. [NBC News]
- Philadelphia collective Fjord is running an indiegogo campaign to launch their reopening. They’re one of the strongest spaces in the Philadelphia scene—connecting critics, artists, and curators from various cities so this is an important organization to support. [Indiegogo]
- At least two art writers are getting into running—AFC’s Paddy Johnson and the L.A. Times Carolina Miranda. Unlike Johnson, who prefers to run the same four or five routes, though, Miranda has made a food adventure and feature story out of her runs. This requires being unafraid to sit in a public place after having spent more than an hour sweating. Anyway, she’s compiled some impressive food and sightseeing attractions around L.A. [The L.A. Times]
- But if you’re going to mix running with eating, make sure your post-workout snack is actually food. Thousands of marathon runners mistakenly ate bars of fruit-scented soap in gift bags this weekend after thinking they were energy bars. [Death and Taxes]
- ISIS/ISIL/Daesh/whatever has finally been driven out of Palmyra by Russian and Syrian troops. Now, historians and preservationists are trying to take stock of the mess they left behind. Thankfully, it looks like the damage to the city’s ancient Roman ruins wasn’t as bad as everyone feared. [The Art Newspaper]
- The city’s housing inspectors are cracking down on artists in McKibbin lofts who have illegally subdivided apartments for Airbnb. [The New York Post].
- The National Museum of African American History opens in Washington this September and there’s already controversy. In an exhibition devoted to pioneers in entertainment, Bill Cosby is included, but without mention of the dozens of women who say he sexually assaulted them. The historical narrative ends not with President Obama — an uplifting note — but rather the injustice and unrest that have defined the Black Lives Matter movement. [The New York Times]
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